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Podcast: Filmi Ladies
Episode: Filmi Ladies episode 88: The Kapoors: Raj
Description: When you're talking about Indian movies, he's a cine qua non [note from editor: stop it]: Raj Kapoor (1924–1988). We look at Shree 420, Chori Chori, and Aah, with detours into Sangam, Mera Naam Joker, Bobby, Prem Rog, and, yes, Ram Tere Ganga Maili.
• We love how his films always have ideas and messages, especially the socialist ones!
• Why does Nargis's departure from his life seem to turn him into a dirty old man when he's behind the camera?
• And why does he seem to go downhill in the color film era?
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